by Nancy White

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Consultant: Luis M. Chiappe, Ph.D. Director of the Dinosaur Institute Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Publisher: Kenn Goin Editorial Director: Adam Siegel Creative Director: Spencer Brinker Design: Dawn Beard Creative Cover Illustration: Luis Rey Photo Researcher: Omni-Photo Communications, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

White, Nancy, 1942- Giant-o-saurs / by Nancy White. p. cm. — (Dino times trivia) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-59716-711-6 (library binding) ISBN-10: 1-59716-711-8 (library binding) 1. Dinosaurs—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QE861.5.W52 2009 567.9—dc22 2008014392

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Giant Dinosaurs ...... 4 Apatosaurus ...... 6 Diplodocus ...... 8 Brachiosaurus ...... 10 Argentinosaurus ...... 12 Giganotosaurus ...... 14 Tyrannosaurus rex ...... 16 Allosaurus ...... 18 Spinosaurus ...... 20

Where Did They Live? ...... 22 When Did They Live? ...... 22 Glossary ...... 23 Index ...... 24 Read More ...... 24 Learn More Online ...... 24 About the Author ...... 24

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Long ago, reptiles called dinosaurs lived on Earth. Some were as small as a dog or a cat. Others were ten times the size of an elephant!

The biggest dinosaurs ate plants. They spent most of their time eating.

Giant meat-eating dinosaurs lived with the plant-eaters. They spent most of their time hunting and eating the plant-eaters.

In this book, you’ll meet eight of the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived. You don’t have to worry about them eating anyone, however. They all died out more than 65 million years ago.

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1628_Giant-o-saurs_FNL.indd 4 5/14/08 2:23:37 PM Giant meat-eating dinosaurs didn’t hunt one another. They did fight with each other over food, however.

meat-eating dinosaur

plant-eating dinosaur

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1628_Giant-o-saurs_FNL.indd 5 5/14/08 2:23:58 PM Apatosaurus How big was it? How do you say it? What does it mean? uh-pat-oh-SOR-uhss deceptive reptile

Apatosaurus was a giant plant-eater. elephant It weighed as much as four elephants.

Apatosaurus may have been too big to walk between some of the trees in a forest. So how did the giant creature get to the leaves it needed to eat?

Apatosaurus could poke its long neck and tiny head into the forest to reach and eat The biggest dinosaurs, such as leaves from trees. Apatosaurus, ate only plants. The largest animal living on land today, the elephant, is also a plant-eater. 6

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1628_Giant-o-saurs_FNL.indd 7 5/15/08 11:00:40 AM Index

Allosaurus 9, 18–19, 22 fossils 22 spines 20–21 Apatosaurus 6–7, 22 Giganotosaurus 14–15, Spinosaurus 20–21, 22 Argentinosaurus 12–13, 22 tail 8 15, 22 jaws 17 teeth 8, 15, 16 Brachiosaurus 10–11, 22 mouth 17 Tyrannosaurus rex 16–17, Diplodocus 8–9, 19, 22 neck 6 22 eggs 12 speed 18 Read More Lessem, Don. Giant Meat-Eating Dinosaurs. Lessem, Don. Giant Plant-Eating Dinosaurs. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications (2005). Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications (2005). Learn More Online To learn more about giant dinosaurs, visit www.bearportpublishing.com/DinoTimesTrivia About the Author Nancy White has written many children’s books about animals—from butterflies to dinosaurs. 24

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Put your knowledge to the test with this question-and-answer book full of fascinating facts about some of the biggest creatures that ever roamed the earth.

Armored and Dangerous Ocean Monsters Savage Slashers Giant-o-saurs Pet-sized Dinos Sky Terrors

by Nancy White

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